Showit vs Webflow (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Webflow grades higher than Showit: 2.4 against 2.0 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 17, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Oct 17, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
Webflow grades higher on features and platforms. They get the same grade on value for money, the free plan and ease of use.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Showit
Drag-and-drop website builder with an optional WordPress blog
Webflow
Visual website builder with a CMS, hosting and code-level control
Which one is for you
Pick Showit if
- Fits if you want to place things freely on the page and run a WordPress blog behind it
- Works for photographers and small studios who care about layout
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want a blog on the cheapest plan, because the $22 plan has none
- Tight if you can't test properly: the trial blocks domain connection and the WordPress admin
- Pricey if your blog grows, with $63 at 100K visits and $119 at 200K
- Watch out: blog migration works only from WordPress and Squarespace, and Basic Starter allows only pre-installed plugins
Pick Webflow if
- Fits if you're a designer who wants control over every margin without hand-coding
- Works for sites that run on structured content, like listings or case studies, on Premium at $25
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you just want to pick a template and type, since there's more to learn here
- Pricey if you need a blog, as the CMS starts on Premium at $25 a month billed yearly
- Tight if you need quick help, as support is by email with a 48-hour reply target
- Watch out: Workspace plans for more staging, custom code and code export are billed on top of site plans, from $19 a month
- Watch out: Ecommerce Standard takes a 2% fee on top of Stripe or PayPal, and cancelling still leaves the paid term to pay
How we grade them
| 2.0GPAShowitFair | 2.4GPAWebflowFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | C$22 a month billed annually ($27 monthly), right at the category's dearer-quarter mark. The $27 plan is the first with a blog. | CBasic is $15 a month for one site on yearly billing ($25 monthly), right at this category's middle. That's a site with no CMS. A blog or anything built from collections needs Premium at $25, and selling needs an ecommerce plan from $29. |
| Free plan and trial | CA 14-day trial with no card, but no domain connection or WordPress admin during it, and no free plan. | CThe free Starter site is small: a webflow.io address, 2 static pages, 50 form submissions and 1 GB of bandwidth. Enough for learning the tool, not for running a business. |
| Features | CFree-form design, a WordPress blog, backups and SEO controls. Gaps: no blog on the base plan, visit caps, and migrations only from WordPress and Squarespace. | BA visual designer that writes standards-based code, a CMS with 20,000 items on Premium, hosting on Cloudflare's CDN, staging, real-time co-editing, AI and an MCP server. It covers the whole job; selling is a separate plan, not a gap. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record. A builder where the work is designing the site yourself. | CNo app store rating on record, and this is a designer's tool: you lay pages out on a canvas of boxes and styles rather than dropping words into a template. Expect a learning curve before you're quick. |
| Platforms and integrations | CWeb only, with WordPress as the one integration. | BWeb only, but it connects to Figma, HubSpot, Salesforce, Google Analytics 4, Mailchimp and Stripe, and REST APIs manage CMS content from outside. No desktop or phone app. |
| Best for | free-form site design with a WordPress blog | designers who want control over every layout |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Showit and Webflow. How we grade
Price against what you get
Showit starts at $22 a month and scores 2.0 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Webflow starts at $15 a month and scores 2.7.
Webflow scores higher and starts $7 a month lower. Of the other website and landing page builders on the chart, 43 score higher than Showit for less, and 1 scores higher than Webflow for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Showit also covers templates.
- Webflow also covers forms.
At a glance
| Showit | Webflow | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free plan |
| Starts at | $22 per month, billed annually ($27 billed monthly) | $15 per site / month, billed yearly ($25 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | None | Starter site: a webflow.io address, 2 static pages, 50 CMS items, 1 GB of bandwidth and 50 form submissions. A custom domain needs a paid site plan. |
| Free trial | 14-day free trial, no credit card required | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Showit | Webflow, Inc. |
| Price read from | showit.com | webflow.com |
| Checked | Nov 13, 2026 | Oct 17, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Showit
- During the free trial you cannot connect a domain or reach the WordPress admin.
- Blog plans cap monthly blog visits, and traffic above 200K needs a custom arrangement.
- Blog migrations are only available from WordPress and Squarespace.
- The Basic Starter Blog plan allows only the pre-installed plugins.
Webflow
- Workspace plans are billed on top of site plans: Core is $19 and Growth $49 a month billed yearly ($28 and $60 monthly) for more staging, custom code and code export.
- Basic has no CMS, so a blog or any collection-driven pages need Premium or higher.
- Selling online needs a separate ecommerce site plan, and Standard takes a 2% fee on top of Stripe or PayPal fees.
- Support is by email with a stated 48-hour reply target; cancelling still leaves the rest of the paid term to pay.
Key features
Showit
- Free-form drag-and-drop design
- Place elements anywhere on the page without code, with templates, fonts, galleries, pop-ups and animations.
- WordPress blog
- Design blog posts and the WordPress theme in Showit; the blog can use thousands of WordPress plugins on Advanced plans.
- Blog migration
- Free migration from WordPress or Squarespace is included on the Advanced Blog plans.
- Hosting and backups
- Hosting with HTTPS is included; blog plans add backups, daily on Basic and every 10 minutes on Advanced.
- SEO controls
- The editor lets you set on-page SEO details for each page.
Webflow
- Visual designer
- Pages are laid out on a canvas that writes standards-based code, with code components available on Premium for developer-built or AI-generated parts.
- Webflow CMS
- Collections hold blog posts, listings and other structured content with templates for each item. Premium allows 20,000 items in 40 collections; Basic has no CMS.
- Hosting on a global CDN
- Sites publish to Webflow hosting behind Cloudflare's CDN with free SSL. Bandwidth runs from 1 GB on Starter to 50 GB on Premium, with paid steps above that.
- Workspaces and collaboration
- Workspaces hold staging sites and teammates, with real-time co-editing, comment-only links and free agency or freelancer guests. Paid Workspaces add more staging sites and roles.
- AI, MCP server and Webflow Cloud
- Webflow AI and an MCP server for outside AI tools come with every site plan, and Webflow Cloud hosts web apps next to a site, billed by requests and CPU time above the included amounts.
- APIs and add-ons
- REST APIs manage CMS content from outside Webflow. Paid add-ons cover A/B testing and personalization (Optimize, from $299 a month), analytics and localization.
Plans
Showit
Showit$22
per month, billed annually ($27 billed monthly)
Website builder with hosting and 20 GB of media storage, no blog.
Showit & Basic Starter Blog$27
per month, billed annually ($34 billed monthly)
Adds a WordPress blog with pre-installed plugins, 10K visits a month, 20 GB blog storage.
Showit & Advanced Blog$39
per month, billed annually ($49 billed monthly)
Up to 25K blog visits, custom WordPress plugins, unlimited WordPress users and free blog migration.
Showit & Advanced Blog 100K$63
per month, billed annually ($758 per year)
Advanced Blog with higher traffic limits, up to 100K blog visits a month.
Showit & Advanced Blog 200K$119
per month, billed annually ($1,430 per year)
Up to 200K blog visits a month and 30 GB of blog storage.
Webflow
Starter$0
A webflow.io subdomain, 2 static pages, a limited CMS of 50 items, 1 GB of bandwidth and 50 form submissions.
Basic$15
per site / month, billed yearly ($25 billed monthly)
For sites without a CMS: custom domain, 300 static pages, 10 GB of bandwidth, unlimited form submissions and password protection.
Premium$25
per site / month, billed yearly ($39 billed monthly)
Adds the CMS (20,000 items, 40 collections), site search and code components with 50 GB of bandwidth. Each extra 50 GB adds $20 a month yearly.
Ecommerce Standard$29
per site / month, billed yearly ($42 billed monthly)
An online store with 500 items, custom cart and checkout, and a 2% transaction fee. Plus ($74) and Advanced ($212) remove the fee.
Team$2,500
per month, annual contract
Sold through sales: a site and Workspace bundle with Localize, publishing workflows, 5 full seats, governance and priority support.
EnterpriseCustom
Custom scale, roles and permissions, secure integrations, a dedicated account manager and stronger uptime and response guarantees.
Ways to pay less
Showit
- Annual discount
Save 20% with annual billing
The pricing page labels annual billing as a 20% saving over monthly.
Webflow
- Annual discount
Save up to 40% with yearly billing
Basic costs $15 a month billed yearly against $25 billed monthly, and Premium $25 against $39. Webflow's page states savings of up to 40%.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Showit or Webflow?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Webflow is cheaper to start with: $15 a month, against $22 a month for Showit. Showit starts at $22 per month, billed annually ($27 billed monthly), and Webflow starts at $15 per site / month, billed yearly ($25 billed monthly).
Which has a free plan, Showit or Webflow?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only Webflow has a free plan. Showit does not, though it has a free trial.
More comparisons
How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.